Industry Summary Articles

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• Dassault Systèmes announced the acquisition of Accelrys, a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management (SILM) solutions, for $750 million in cash, 4.6 times revenues
• Accelrys’ SILM platform provides support for product development in chemistry, biology and advanced materials, and is quite complementary with Dassault Systèmes’ PLM strategies and enabling solutions
• This acquisition will expand Dassault Systèmes addressable market and deepen their expertise in laboratory-centric product development

On January 29, Dassault Systèmes announced their intent to acquire Accelrys (NASDAQ: ACCL) for $750 million in cash. Accelrys is a leading provider of what they term “scientific innovation...

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• Companies in shipbuilding and marine are not consistently achieving the maximum value from their PLM investments<
• To maximize benefits, implementations need to be tailored for and incorporate industry specific best practices and company-specific business needs
• Companies need to fully implement the PLM technology they acquire to maximize the value from their investment—there is often a Value Gap between investment potential and return realized
• Siemens PLM Software’s Shipbuilding Industry Catalyst enables more complete, industry tailored, best practice enabled implementations resulting in a higher return on investment that accrues more rapidly

Shipbuilders and other players in the marine...

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• Aras Innovator is redefining customization in the PLM market; the days of worrying about the potential impact on upgradeability are disappearing 
• Aras Innovator’s ability to deploy quickly with real-time customization of predefined best practice solutions is a key market differentiator; it is engineered to be highly customized
• Aras Innovator’s architecture has been designed to protect investment and ensure future adaptability; it is engineered to be sustainable

Introduction

For several years, the Aras Corporation (Aras) has included no-cost version-to-version upgrades in their enterprise subscriptions, independent of how the solution has been customized and implemented. This is a...

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• More and more manufactured products are smart, and more and more of their value is provided by their electronics and embedded software content
• PTC made a huge move to support their manufacturing customers in getting smart and connected with their acquisition of ThingWorx, a leading provider of “Internet of Things” development tools and infrastructure
• This acquisition, and two other recent announcements by Autodesk and Google, show the importance of smart, connected devices in just about all product markets

When you listen to just about any product ad today, the come-on is not about “new” or...

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• Understanding the components of product cost over the product lifecycle is key to maximizing ROI
• The biggest opportunities for cost reduction often lie at the intersections of functions within an organization
• TCS takes a holistic view of costs and uses industry, technology, and process knowledge to solve difficult cost management problems

Cost is an issue in every company. Cost management is not just a tool, but also a key process that helps ensure business success. A critical capability for managing cost is having an integrated view of cost across the value chain of product development...

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• Siemens NX CAE delivers a comprehensive analysis environment for integrated multi-disciplinary simulation coupled with CAD and simulation data and process management
• Siemens has a vision to further integrate 1D simulation, test engineering, requirements management, and model-based systems engineering with these 3D design and simulation tools
• Such integrated simulation environments, which focus on the PLM data flow and process issues, should be considered in favor of “best-of-breed” strategies that focus primarily on depth-of-application features and functions
• Siemens NX CAE is gaining ground as a favored tool for advanced...

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• “Collaborative Innovation” and “Looking Outside” were consistent themes cited to be keys to future success for companies of all kinds
• Autodesk continues to expand and enrich their Cloud offerings
• The addition of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) offerings is Autodesk’s next step in filling out a more complete design and manufacturing suite of solutions
• Autodesk is evolving its business model – desktop, subscription, Cloud delivery – providing customers with multiple ways to obtain and use their tools and solutions

CIMdata recently attended Autodesk University (AU) 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada December 3-5, 2013. This was the sixth and final AU...

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Key takeaways:

• Product development is a continual process of making decisions that turn the unknown into the known
• Faulty decisions can have a huge impact on your company
• High quality knowledge is required for making good decisions
• Building knowledge that results in corporate wisdom requires stable communication channels
• A new breed of decision-support tools establishes stable communication channels

Product Development Decisions

What is a decision?

The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines a decision as “a determination arrived at after consideration.” Product development decisions are those conclusions or resolutions that impact or affect a product. They can be classified into five broad phases...

CIMdata PLM Certificate Programs are available in North America and Europe for 2014

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, December 17, 2013 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces its CIMdata PLM Certificate Program schedule for 2014. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership — the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education offering for today’s PLM professionals.

CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program equips PLM professionals at several levels with the tools they need to successfully address the inherent challenges to PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience,...

Series offers first public exposure to CIMdata’s analysis of 2013’s PLM market results

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 13 December 2013 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces its international 2014 PLM Market & Industry Forum schedule and program. Now in their twenty-fourth year, these one-day events will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA on April 3, 2014; Bad Homburg, Germany (near Frankfurt) on April 8, 2014; Shanghai, China on April 11, 2014; and Tokyo, Japan on April 16, 2014.

CIMdata’s 2014 PLM Market & Industry Forum is the premier industry event series designed exclusively for PLM solution...